Non-refillable bottle.



NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Sept. 15, 1900.)

{No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM L. NOTTINGHAM, OF FORT BENTON, MONTANA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 675,670, dated June 4, 1901. Application filed September 15, 1900. Serial No. 30,104. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. NOTTING- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Benton, in the county of Ohoteau and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a bottle which can be sealed with facility in such manner that the integrity of its contents will be insured by reason of the fact that opening or unsealing will cause that fact to be obvious to the user and the refilling of the bottle will be prevented.

To accomplish the foregoingobject I provide a novel construction at the mouth of the bottle and an improved closing-cap adapted to be sealed thereto in a peculiar manner.

The construction of the different parts will be fully described hereinafter and the novel features set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention prior to sealing; Fig. 2,a vertical section taken through Fig. 1 when the bottle is sealed, and Fig. 3 a view illustrating the appearance of the bottle after the seal has been broken.

The numeral 1 designates the neck of a bottle whose body may be of any preferred shape and which has one portion, preferably an entire semicircle of its mouth, cut awayat 2, while the remaining portion is provided with a semicircular or arc-shaped groove 3 in the same plane with the upper edge of the cutaway portion. The bottle-neck is so blown or formed that it will have a depression 12 in one side, in which is a frangible or easily-severable integral projection 13, provided with an aperture 11, extending therethrough from top to bottom.

The numeral 1 designates a sealing-wire, which is provided with a knot 15 on its lower end and is passed up through the opening 14,

or, if preferred, the wire can be molded or blown in the edge in preference to being threaded or passed through it, in which case the knot would be omitted. There is a cap 6, which is a flat disk, preferably of metal and of proper size to fit in the groove 3 and rest on the cut-away portion 2, as shown in Fig. 2. This cap has a single opening 16, adapted to register with the opening in the frangible projection when the cap is in position. In sealing the cap the wire is passed through the opening 16, bent down on the top of the cap, and soldered at 17, as shown in Fig. 2. To remove the cap, a slight pressure is brought to bear on the frangible projection, whereupon it will break 0d flush with the side of the neck, and the cap can then be removed with the severed projection dangling therefrom. It is obvious that the cap could not be rescaled. The purpose of having theseverable projection disposedin a depression in the side of the neck is to protect it, so that it will not be accidentally broken off.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- l. The combination with a bottle-neckhaving a depression in its side and an integral and frangible or severable projection lying in the depression, of a cap for sealing the mouth of the neck, and a wire permanently connecting the projection to the cap.

2. The combination with a bottle-neck having a mouth provided with a cut-away portion at one side and provided with a groove in its opposite side and provided with an integral and frangible or severable projection lying in a depression underneath the cutaway portion, of a cap having one edge received in the groove and its opposite side resting on the cut-away portion, and a wire permanently connecting the cap with the frangible projection.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. NOTTINGHAM.

Witnesses: 7

CHRIS. H. BOYLE, H. R. CUL'B'ER'rsoN. 

